Statistics on Rabies - Prevalence and Deaths in India

Reviewed by The Medindia Review Team on Oct 27, 2017

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In India about 20,000 persons die of human rabies every year.

Number of Rabies Cases/Deaths in India, 2014 - 2015
Year	Male	Female	Total
2014	87	38	125
2105	69	29	98

Most animal bites in India are by dogs (91.5%), of which about 60 percent are strays and 40 percent are pets.

Rabies : State-wise Number of Cases & Deaths in India, 2015
State/UT	Male	Female	Total
Andhra Pradesh	1	0	1
Arunachal Pradesh	0	0	0
Assam	0	0	0
Bihar	1	0	1
Chhattisgarh	3	0	3
Goa	0	0	0
Gujarat	0	0	0
Haryana	0	0	0
Himachal Pradesh	1	1	2
Jammu. Div	0	0	0
Kashmir.Div	0	0	0
Jharkhand	0	0	0
Karnataka	6	3	9
Kerala	4	3	7
Madhya Pradesh	8	1	9
Meghalaya	0	0	0
Maharashtra	0	0	0
Manipur	0	0	0
Mizoram	0	0	0
Nagaland	0	0	0
Odisha	2	3	5
Punjab	0	0	0
Rajasthan	0	0	0
Sikkim	0	0	0
Tamil Nadu	1	0	1
Tripura	0	0	0
Telangana	0	0	0
Uttar Pradesh	0	0	0
Uttrakhand	0	0	0
West Bengal	31	16	47
A& N Island	0	0	0
Chandigarh	0	0	0
Delhi	10	2	12
D&N Haveli	0	0	0
Daman & Diu	0	0	0
Lakshadweep	0	0	0
Puduchery	0	0	0
Total	69	29	98

References

National Health Profile 2016, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Gov’t of India.
Rozario Menezes. Rabies in India, Canadian Medical Association Journalhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2244675/
Sudarshan MK. Assessing burden of rabies in India. WHO sponsored national multi-centric rabies survey (May 2004). Assoc Prev Control Rabies India J 2004;6:44-5.